Gardaí have said they are "investigating all off the circumstances" surrounding the death of a man in his 30s in Co Mayo.

A “modest investment” in elective surgery during the winter surge in hospital activity is the practical solution to the predictable annual crisis, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has claimed.

University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected facility with 51 people on trolleys.

Meanwhile, two of the largest hospitals in the country have warned people to stay away due to high levels of influenza patients.

Almost €280,000 was paid out in financial rewards to hospitals who treated older hip fracture patients in line with best practice last year.

A man, 80s, arrested in connection with the shooting remains in custody at Castlebar Garda Station.

Muriel Pate, medication safety specialist pharmacist, HSE National Quality Improvement

I believe there were many discussions on the radio at the beginning of April regarding our maternity hospitals and the standard of care and service provided by the staff.

Her body was discovered yesterday morning at a house in the Westport area.

Mayo University Hospital has apologised in the High Court for the standard of care given to a woman who had a chest x-ray two years ago and who it was alleged suffered a delay in the diagnosis of her lung cancer.

The president of the High Court has suspended a doctor from the medical register, saying he was registered after making dishonest representations and when his competence was "entirely substandard".

Gardaí are investigating a fatal crash that happened in Co. Mayo at 7pm yesterday.

Hospitals in the south of the country were still awaiting “the promised staffing and resources” needed to provide abortion a day before the service was introduced.

A male pedestrian was killed and a female cyclist is fighting for her life in hospital after two separate incidents on the roads.

Patients with bed sores, patients sleeping on mattresses, lack of access to therapies — all feature in the litany of failings criticised by inspectors in the latest reports from the Mental Health Commission.

A Co Mayo-based chicken-processing firm has been ordered to pay €17,000 to a woman it unfairly dismissed while off sick days after suffering a miscarriage.

Latest: Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a 61-year-old man died in a traffic collision in Co Mayo.

A pensioner has died following a road accident in Co. Mayo.

Latest: The N5 has re-opened in Co Roscommon following a two-car crash in icy conditions this lunchtime.

A 21-year-old man discovered injured outside a house in Co Mayo last August died of blunt force trauma to the head.

Gardaí investigating the death of a man in Swinford, Co. Mayo on Saturday, August 12 have arrested two men.

Savita Halappanavar died as a direct result of Ireland’s abortion laws and not simply because she contracted sepsis, the author of the independent report into her death has said.

Savita Halappanavar died as a direct result of Ireland's restrictive abortion laws and not simply because she contracted sepsis, the author of the independent report into her death has said.

A man in his 60s has died in a quad bike accident in Co Mayo.

A suspected murder investigation is continuing in Mayo after a 21-year-old died over the weekend.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man in Co. Mayo on Saturday.

A 72-year-old man with an intellectual disability was malnourished and severely dehydrated prior to his death at the Áras Attracta care centre in Mayo, an inquest has heard.

A 10-year-old boy is among more than a dozen people who've been treated for injuries during the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick.

A man has died after he got into difficulty while swimming off the Mayo coast yesterday.

The Office of the Ombudsman is investigating Tusla’s handling of child sexual abuse allegations.

The focus of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 search mission off the North Mayo coast has shifted to the recovery of the remaining two missing crew members, writes Evelyn Ring.

The focus of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 search mission off the North Mayo coast has shifted to the recovery of the remaining two missing crew members.

A national campaign by the Irish Cancer Society failed to persuade hospitals to offer cancer patients free or subsidised parking.

A national campaign by the Irish Cancer Society failed to persuade hospitals to offer cancer patients free or subsidised parking.

More than 37,000 hospital operations were cancelled last year, almost 13,000 more than the figure recorded the previous year.

Concern over staff shortages at Mayo University Hospital has prompted midwives to begin industrial action.

A 92-year-old woman languishing in a hospital for almost a year because there no funding for a home care package shows how the system is failing older people, Alone said yesterday.

Walk in the shoes of Ursula Clarke, a clinical nurse specialist in respiratory medicine at Mayo University Hospital.